Month: December 2021

• How I (Don’t) Do It All

  

  I was at a networking event the other day when a professional woman leaned in close to me after she found out I had three children in addition to my full-time job. “How,” she asked, “do you do it all?” I tipped my head back and laughed. “I don’t.”

  Irie.

  December 20, 2021

  blog, culture, race, wellness

  advance career, can women have it all, career, career advancement, have it all, having it all, profession, professional, professional black women, professional women, race, self care, self-care, wellness, women in the workplace, work life balance, work-life balance

• The Past Is Never Past

  

  On Saturday, I went to the unveiling of a historical marker memorializing the lynching of Fred Rouse in downtown Fort Worth 100 years ago. The experience reminded me that though our country longs to be free of the ugliest parts of our history, the past still haunts us like an unruly ghost.

  Irie.

  December 13, 2021

  culture, race

  ahmaud arbery, capitol insurrection, fred rouse, lynching victim, porter turner, race, racial violence, united states coup, united states insurrection

• We Were Never Colorblind

  

  Sometimes I think people get nostalgic for a time when being colorblind was seen as progress. But we as a country don’t have the luxury of being colorblind. That’s because we never were.

  Irie.

  December 6, 2021

  blog, culture, race

  colorblind, colorblindness, diversity, equality, equity, I&D, JEDI, justice, race, tolerance